Virugampakkam Assembly constituency
13°02′58″N 80°11′06″E / 13.049557°N 80.184928°E
| Virugampakkam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 22 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Chennai South |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,00,627 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Sabarinathan.R | |
| Party | TVK |
| Alliance | TVK+ |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Virugampakkam is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 22. It comprises a part of Chennai and falls under Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[1] The constituency was created following delimitation of constituencies in 2008. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Overview
As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 22 Virugampakkam Assembly constituency is composed of Wards 65 and 128-131 of Greater Chennai Corporation.
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVK | Sabarinathan. R | 76,092 | 44.03 | New | |
| DMK | Prabhakara Raja. A.M.V | 49,006 | 28.35 |  16.03 | |
| AIADMK | Virugai V.N. Ravi | 38,767 | 22.43 | 10.99 | |
| NTK | Santhosh | 6,056 | 3.50 | 2.58 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,030 | 0.60 | 0.33 | |
| RPI(A) | Jagadish. S | 462 | 0.27 | New | |
| TTNP | Sureshbabu. T.M | 155 | 0.09 | New | |
| Independent | Sabarinathan. P | 124 | 0.07 | New | |
| Independent | Dineshkumar. N | 122 | 0.07 | New | |
| Independent | Ravikumar | 107 | 0.06 | New | |
| TVK | Muthuraj. T | 101 | 0.06 | New | |
| Independent | Srinivasan. M | 101 | 0.06 | New | |
| Independent | Rangaraj. G | 91 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Chandra Sekar. K | 88 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Gopinath. G | 82 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Sankar. E | 66 | 0.04 | New | |
| Independent | Kumar. S | 63 | 0.04 | New | |
| Independent | Ezhilraj. D | 52 | 0.03 | New | |
| Independent | Lukmanbabu. S | 50 | 0.03 | New | |
| APTADMK | Roy George | 43 | 0.02 | New | |
| Independent | Karthick. M | 41 | 0.02 | New | |
| NIP | Balamurugan. P | 40 | 0.02 | New | |
| Independent | Esakkimuthunadar. P | 36 | 0.02 | New | |
| Independent | Alex Pandian. K | 36 | 0.02 | New | |
| Independent | Venkatesan. C | 20 | 0.01 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 27,086 | 15.68 |  4.72 | ||
| Turnout | 1,72,831 | 86.15 | 28.71 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,00,627 | 91,015 | |||
| TVK gain from DMK | Swing | 44.03 |
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2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. M. V. Prabhakara Raja | 74,351 | 44.38% | +7.24 | |
| AIADMK | Virugai V. N. Ravi | 55,984 | 33.42% | −5.09 | |
| MNM | Senegan | 16,939 | 10.11% | New | |
| NTK | T. S. Rajendran | 10,185 | 6.08% | +4.37 | |
| Independent | M. Gunasekaran (A) Star M. Gunasekaran | 5,186 | 3.10% | New | |
| DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | 1,585 | 0.95% | −4.73 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,563 | 0.93% | −1.34 | |
| Independent | R. Mayilsamy | 1,440 | 0.86% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,367 | 10.96% | 9.60% | ||
| Turnout | 167,524 | 57.44% | −1.19% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 187 | 0.11% | |||
| Registered electors | 291,642 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 5.87% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Virugai V. N. Ravi | 65,979 | 38.51% | New | |
| DMK | K. Thanasekaran | 63,646 | 37.15% | −2.72 | |
| BJP | Tamilisai Soundararajan | 19,167 | 11.19% | +5.96 | |
| DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | 9,730 | 5.68% | −43.97 | |
| PMK | C. H. Jayarao | 3,945 | 2.30% | New | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 3,897 | 2.27% | New | |
| NTK | T. S. Rajendran | 2,926 | 1.71% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 2,333 | 1.36% | −8.42% | ||
| Turnout | 171,339 | 58.63% | −8.41% | ||
| Registered electors | 292,248 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | -11.14% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | B. Parthasarathy | 71,524 | 49.65% | New | |
| DMK | K. Thanasekaran | 57,430 | 39.86% | New | |
| BJP | P. Sritharan | 7,525 | 5.22% | New | |
| Independent | S. Nagavel | 3,431 | 2.38% | New | |
| Puratchi Bharatham | A. Baskar | 1,447 | 1.00% | New | |
| BSP | V. Subramaniyam | 969 | 0.67% | New | |
| Margin of victory | 14,094 | 9.78% | |||
| Turnout | 144,069 | 67.04% | |||
| Registered electors | 214,898 | ||||
| DMDK win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 22. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- ↑ "Who is R Sabarinathan? Vijay's driver's son secures Virugambakkam seat on TVK ticket". The Times of India. 5 May 2026. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Result 2026 - Virugampakkam". Election Commission of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Virugampakkam Constituency Election Results 2016 - 2026". The Times of India. 4 May 2026. Archived from the original on 4 June 2026. Retrieved 4 June 2026.
- ↑ "Virugampakkam Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
- ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
- ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.